01-10-2017, 11:23 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-10-2017, 11:26 AM by Warren Dew.)
(01-10-2017, 10:17 AM)SomeGuy Wrote: I am willing to be that it wouldn't be the end of the world. Dress shirts are declining as need-to-have for work on a daily basis anyways, and many of the industries where they are still basically mandatory probably spend at least that much on shirts, anyways.
I've never been a fan of the "everything not mandatory is forbidden" school of policy. Dress shirts are not mandatory where I work, but most of the men wear
Quote:Explain Air Jordans. I also question the quality differences between a $20 Shirt from Macy's and a $90 shirt from some US manufacturer.
You'll have to explain Air Jordans, whatever they are. I haven't tried $20 shirts from Macy's, but based on personal experience, I know that $40 shirts sewn overseas are comparable to $200 shirts made domestically, and far superior to $90 domestic shirts.
Edit: as someone (pbrower?) pointed out, bringing back manufacturing jobs is a generally losing proposition with limited upside, anyway. A better path is to exploit comparative advantages that we actually do have, as with the proposed Alibaba deal.